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Collection consists of five albums of photos from Meiji period Japan including a few photos from Scotland, one album of photos from China, and two lacquer-framed photographs. It consists mostly of albumen hand-coloured Japanese photographs. These Japanese photographs belong to the genre known as souvenir photography or Yokohama photography. The subject of these photographs in this collection echoed those found in the Japanese ukiyo-e prints of the so-called “floating-world” of the late Edo Period, from around 1780 until the 1860s. The delicate hand colouring of the albumen silver prints is one of the characteristics of photographs of Japan from this period.

There were mainly two media to disseminate souvenir photos from Yokohama during Meiji period (1868 –1912): photo prints and lantern slides (see the James Davidson collection), but other materials were also used. These hand tinted photo prints were usually bound in albums with lacquer covers lavishly decorated in makie (蒔絵), a technique of applying adhesive metal such as gold and silver or colour powder in soft lacquer to create designs.

Item is an lacquered album of photographs from Meiji period Japan with a fabric-lined storage box. Photographs are hand coloured black and white prints.

Item is an lacquered album of photographs from Meiji period Japan. Photographs are hand coloured black and white prints.

Item is an lacquered album of photographs from Meiji period Japan with a fabric-lined storage box. Photographs are hand coloured black and white prints.

Item is an album of photographs from Meiji period Japan. There are also a few photos from Scotland; Naples, Italy; and Port Said, Egypt.

Item is a photograph from Meiji period Japan of people on a bridge. Frame is a rectangle with an oval space for the photograph.

Item is an album of photographs from Meiji period Japan that opens accordion-style

Item is a photograph from Meiji period Japan of people in a garden. Frame is a rectangle with an oval space for the photograph.